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Dates of Farmers' MarketsDartmoor Preservation Society EventsNational Trust eventsAUGUST Tuesday 3 August Visit to Reddaford and Yellowmead Farms (walk) Tom Greeves, Princetown History Club. 7pm, Lane Head GR 53723 82336. Tel: (01647) 231080. Friday 6–Sunday 8 August Dartmoor Folk Festival South Zeal Saturday 7 August Princetown’s High Moor Carnival All day; stalls, sideshows, performances, parade. Anyone who would like stall space, or to enter the parade, or who could help with marshalling etc,please contact Mike Kinsey, who chairs the organising Princetown Community Fund. Tel: (01822) 890273. Sunday 8 August Craft Fair Ullacombe Farm Farm Shop & Barn Café, Bovey Tracey. Unusual local crafts. Hennock Country Fair 10.30am, horse show 9.30am. www.hennock.org.uk Thursday 12 August Okehampton & District Agricultural Show (103rd) All day; Stoney Park Showground. www.okehamptonshow.co.uk Saturday 14 August Throwleigh Fete & Horticultural Show 2pm, Village Hall and adjacent field: ferret racing, dog show, vintage vehicles, stalls and side shows. Battle of the Bands Final Simmons Park, Okehampton. Tel: (01837) 811172. Antiques Fair Tavistock Town Hall. Manaton Show and Fair. Wednesday 18 August Okehampton Beating the Bounds From Meldon Village Hall. Tel: (01837) 52496. Thursday 19 August Chagford Show All day; Dogmarsh Bridge. Teign Valley Community Hall and recreation field. Cadleigh Farm, Lee Mill. www.cornwoodshow.btik.com Thursday 26 August Moretonhampstead Carnival Procession 6.30pm. www.moretonhampstead.com Saturday 28 August Chagford Carnival Procession 6pm; celebrations in square all day. Sheepdog Trials Caseytown, Plaster Down, Tavistock. Kelly House Open Day Tavistock, 2pm South Devon Railway Buckfastleigh Tel: 0845 345 1420 RAF Harrowbeer Archives Weekend to mark 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. 11am–4pm, Knightstone Tearooms, Crapstone Road, Yelverton. Tel: (01822) 853679. Sunday 29 August Craft Fair Ullacombe Farm. Farm Shop & Barn Café, Bovey Tracey. Unusual local crafts. Peter Hirst Memorial Walk Guided walk around Challacombe with Deborah Griffiths, then to East Birch Tor tin workings. Widecombe & District Local History Group. 2pm. Tel: (01647) 231080. Royal British Legion Family Fun Day Imperial Inn, Western Road, Ivybridge. Children’s entertainment, BBQ, free entry. Tel: (01752) 690647. Monday 30 August Lustleigh Show All day, Kelly Farm. SEPTEMBER Wednesday 1 September New Directions in Devon’s History (talk) Todd Gray. Widecombe & District Local History Group. 7.30pm, Church House. Tel: (01364) 621246. Friday 3–Sunday 5 September Westcountry Balloon Fiesta Tavistock. www.westcountryballoons.com Saturday 4 September Lydford Arts Day Dartmoor Society Nicholls Hall, Lydford. Sunday 5 September Kelly Mine Open Day DARTMOOR PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION DATES Conservation work takes place at a number of locations during summer. Note that the work schedule can vary from time to time, depending on the weather and availability of volunteers; there may be additional working party dates. The best way to stay right up to date is to contact Paul Rendell, Conservation Officer, tel: (01837) 54727 or the DPA office, tel: (01822) 890646 (Monday or Wednesday best) or check the website www.dartmoorpreservation.comFriday 16 July Cairn survey and repair Saturday 17 July Cairn survey and repair Sunday 25 July Conservation at Venford (bracken) Friday 30 July Survey and gorse clearance, Roborough Down Thursday 5 August Bracken clearance at Grimspound Sunday 8 August Conservation day at High House Waste (bracken) Tuesday 10 August Bracken control at Sharpitor Friday 27 August Cairn survey and repair Saturday 28 August Cairn survey and repair Ashburton Local Produce Market 9.30am–3pm weekly Tuesday to Saturday at Tuckers Yard Tel: (01364) 643836 Bovey Tracey Produce Market 8.30am–1.30pm, Town Square, alternate Saturdays www.boveytracey.gov.uk/events Buckfastleigh Farmers’ Market 9am–1pm Town Hall, every Thursday Tel: (01803) 762764 Chagford Flea Market 10am–1pm Jubilee Hall, every Friday Hittisleigh Market 10am–12pm, Village Hall, alternate Saturdays Ivybridge Country Market 8.30–11.30am, The Scout Hut, St Leonard’s Road, every Friday Manaton Market 10.30am–12.30pm Parish Hall, third Tuesday Okehampton Farmers’ Market 9am–1.30pm St James’ Chapel Square, third Saturday www.okehamptonfarmersmarket.co.uk Tel: (01409) 221991 Tavistock Farmers’ Market 9am–1pm Bedford Square, second and fourth Saturdays www.tavistockfarmersmarket.com Tavistock Pannier Market 9am–4pm Tuesday–Saturday www.tavistockpanniermarket.co.uk Tedburn St Mary Market 10am–noon Village Hall, third Saturday Teign Valley Farmers Market 9am–1pm Community Hall, Christow, every Wednesday Whiddon Down Produce Market Village Hall, fourth Saturday Widecombe-in-the-Moor Market 9.30am–3pm Church House, usually fourth Saturday. NATIONAL TRUST EVENTS Lydford Gorge, Lydford, nr OkehamptonTel: (01822) 820320/822441 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lydfordgorge Wild Food Area at Lydford Gorge A wild food area will be created in the old plant centre at Lydford Gorge. Moving the plant centre to the area outside visitor reception freed up some space adjacent to the tearoom at the main entrance. Raised beds and pots will contain different herbs and plants, some of which grow in the gorge, including wild strawberries and garlic, mint and lemon balm. Tasters and testers will be available in the tearoom, for example mint or lemon tea. Other herbs and plants which can treat ailments will be planted, with information about their uses. Castle Drogo, Lydford Gorge, Finch Foundry and Dartmoor events As usual, the National Trust is putting on a huge range of activities for all tastes and ages throughout the summer months across its Dartmoor properties, with masses of fun days for children during the summer hoilidays. For contact deatils see the National Trust page on the inside back cover of this issue: please note that booking is essential for some activities. and that many of the activities are repeated. The following list will give you an idea of what’s on. Castle Drogo Tel: (01647) 433306 Food Glorious Food: Planting Thyme! Planting the Fragrant Garden Father’s Day Weekend Classic Car Event Midsummer Madness: National Gardens Scheme Tea Party Weekend Boilers Ain’t Boring (tour) Fresh and Fruity: apple juice sampling Drogo in a Different Light Go Green for Life! Wild Child Wednesdays Finch Foundry Tel: (01837) 840046 Craft Fair Jazz on the Lawn Family Mini Beast Day Rural Crafts and Skills Day Lydford Gorge Tel: (01822) 820320 Fire Starting through the Ages Saxon Pot Making Nature’s Remedies Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Woodland Explorer Fun Days Parke Estate Tel: (01626) 834748 Woodland Explorer Days Pond Dipping National Garden Open Day Mad Hatter’s Tea Party Plym Bridge Tel: (01752) 341377 Nightjar Walks Living in Plym Bridge Woods (walk) Creative Woodland Art Young Birdwatchers Moth Nights Sexton’s Cottage, Widecombe-in-the Moor Tel: (01364) 621321 ‘Dartmoor to the Sea’ exhibition |
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